Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, traveling from the North to the South Pole across 17 countries with a minimum of air travel, all on a tight deadline.
The first leg takes Michael Palin from the North Pole to the gates of Russia.
Second leg of the journey: Palin has 12 days to cross Russia and reach the port of Odessa.
Palin travels from Istanbul to Aswan on the Nile.
In this part of the journey Michael Palin crosses the Sudan. He crosses the Nubian desert in the north of the country and traverses a region ravaged by drought, poverty, famine an…
Having struggled through the Sudan, Michael Palin is now faced with the difficulty of getting across Ethiopia, where the armed remnants of the fallen dictator Mengistu's defeated …
Michael Palin begins this week with a tented safari in a Kenyan game park. He travels via the Ngoronoro Crater and arrives at Lake Tanganyika.
In this week's episode, Michael crosses Zambia and Zimbabwe towards Johannesburg.
Michael Palin fails in his attempt to get a berth on board the SA "Agulhas" on its once yearly sail to the South Pole. The search is on to find some other way of reaching the Sout…
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Susan Calman's Summer By the Sea
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Mind Over Murder
The Liners
The Widower
Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
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